Functional analysis of homologous and heterologous promoters in strawberry fruits using transient expression

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 409, 2005, Pages 37-46

  Agius, Fernanda ^a,b   Amaya, Iraida ^a   Botella, Miguel A ^a   Valpuesta, Victoriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

D galacturonate reductase; Fibrillin; Fruit promoters; Polygalacturonase; Strawberry; Transient expression

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUTRITION; VITAMINS;

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS; HETEROLOGOUS PROMOTERS; NON-CLIMATERIC MODEL SYSTEMS; STRAWBERRY FRUITS;

FRUITS;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; D GALACTURONIC ACID REDUCTASE; D-GALACTURONIC ACID REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; STRAWBERRY; TOMATO;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; FRAGARIA; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGHT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; FRUITS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUTRIENTS; VITAMINS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 11444254473     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri004     Document Type: Article

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